High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 9, 2026· Updated Jul 14, 2026
CVE-2026-59856
CVE-2026-59856
Description
Vim is an open source, command line text editor. Prior to 9.2.0736, the PHP omni-completion script in runtime/autoload/phpcomplete.vim interpolates a class or trait name, taken from the contents of the edited buffer, into a search() pattern that is run via win_execute() without escaping. A name containing a single quote can terminate the search() string argument early, and because the bar is honored as an Ex command separator, the remainder of the name is run as Ex commands; via the :! command this allows arbitrary operating-system command execution when a victim opens a crafted PHP file and invokes omni-completion. This issue is fixed in version 9.2.0736.
Affected products
10- osv-coords8 versionspkg:rpm/almalinux/vim-X11pkg:rpm/almalinux/vim-commonpkg:rpm/almalinux/vim-datapkg:rpm/almalinux/vim-enhancedpkg:rpm/almalinux/vim-filesystempkg:rpm/almalinux/vim-minimalpkg:rpm/almalinux/xxdpkg:rpm/opensuse/vim&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0
< 2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.13+ 7 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.13
- (no CPE)range: < 2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.13
- (no CPE)range: < 2:9.1.083-9.el10_2.12
- (no CPE)range: < 2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.13
- (no CPE)range: < 2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.13
- (no CPE)range: < 2:8.2.2637-26.el9_8.13
- (no CPE)range: < 2:9.1.083-9.el10_2.12
- (no CPE)range: < 9.2.0780-160000.1.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- github.com/vim/vim/commit/43afc581a37a35762dd0ef292f038b9dc5680a24nvdPatch
- github.com/vim/vim/security/advisories/GHSA-fh26-8f79-wj97nvdExploitPatchVendor Advisory
News mentions
1- Vim: Three Completion and Spell-Check Vulnerabilities Disclosed TogetherVypr Intelligence · Jul 10, 2026